Enroll now for Fall 2014! CCSF is Open and Accredited!

You can now enroll for the Fall 2014 semester.   It's fast, it's easy, it's affordable!  What are you waiting for?  Continue that 1A or 2A class you took in the Spring, or jump into the next level after your Summer Session course.  

How?  First, if you are a first-time student, fill out an online registration form  

Then register for the class (or classes) of your choice.  Pay your fees: a credit unit is $46.  

Click here to see the Fall 2014 Schedule of Classes. Remember: all credit language classes are UC/CSU transferrable; The "10" series classes are only CSU transferrable.  

Enroll Now for Spring 2014 - Many Courses at Multiple Campuses

Enroll now for Spring 2014!  Classes start on January 10. Click here to see the Day class schedule and here to see the Evening/Saturday schedule for Foreign Languages.  Classes will be offered at the Ocean, Downtown and Mission Centers, Chinatown/North Beach, and the John Adams Center.  Join a diverse group of students interested in learning a foreign language, learn a lot from our experienced and dedicated instructors, and have some fun! Most classes are UC/CSU transferable, too (see the catalog descriptions for details.)     

Spring 2014 Schedule Available on 11/8/13 - Enroll for Foreign Language Classes Soon!

Register for Spring 2014.  Click here for the schedule.  Take a continuation course of your Fall 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B course.  Or pick up where you left off a few semesters ... or years ago.  Unsure of where to begin?  Take a placement test.  Click here for details.  If you're an absolute beginner, there's a class and a new experience waiting for you.  You just have to take the first step!  

Register for Spring 2014 at CCSF! CCSF is Open and Accredited. Absolutely!

Students can register for Spring 2014 beginning and/or continuation courses in November. The Spring 2014 schedule will be available shortly before the Thanksgiving break.  Be sure to enroll in that 1B you've been thinking of taking to continue all the hard work you've put into 1A this semester.  Enroll concurrently in a conversation-based class (10 series) along with a grammar-communication-based class (1, 2, 3)   Or pick up where you left off in Spring, it's not too late!  

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program - October 1, 2013 deadline for Spring 2014

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies or credit-bearing, career-oriented internships abroad. Such international exchange is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.

The Gilman Scholarship Program aims to support students who have been traditionally under-represented in education abroad, including but not limited to, students with high financial need, community college students, students in underrepresented fields such as the sciences and engineering, students with diverse ethnic backgrounds, and students with disabilities. The program seeks to assist students from a diverse range of public and private institutions from all 50 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico.

Award recipients are chosen by a competitive selection process and must use the award to defray eligible study or intern abroad costs. These costs include program tuition, room and board, books, local transportation, insurance and international airfare.

Over 2,300 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded this academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being approximately $4,000.

Students who apply for and receive the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad are then eligible to receive a Critical Need Language Award from the Gilman Scholarship Program of $8,000. Applicants who are studying a critical need language while abroad will automatically be considered for the Critical Need Language Award. 

Critical Need Languages, taught at CCSF in the Foreign Languages Department, include: 

Chinese (all dialects) 
Japanese 
Russian 

Students need to be studying or interning abroad for a minimum of 4 weeks, and can be participating in a CCSF Program OR any program that grants credit that could be transferred to CCSF.

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Jill Heffron, Coordinator of the Study Abroad Program at CCSF, by email (jheffron@ccsf.edu), by phone: (415) 239-3778, or stop by the Study Abroad office in Cloud 212.  The deadline for Spring 2014 is: October 1, 2013. 

Tutoring Schedules for French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish - Now Available!

Students taking French, German, Japanese, Russian or Spanish classes: there are now tutors available to help you with your foreign language learning.  Click here for a link to the schedules and visit a tutor in the Learning Assistance Center in R-207 to supplement your language learning. 

City College is Open, Accredited, and Waiting for YOU to Enroll!

Yes, CCSF is open, accredited, and offering an array of foreign language classes this Fall 2013.  But if you don't enroll, by August 5, some classes will very likely be cancelled.  Don't let this happen!  Enroll now.  If you are a new student, click here to start the application process.  If you are a continuing student, you know what to do! Register here.  Your CCSF language classes will be fully transferable.  We guarantee it!

Foreign Language Classes Begin August 14 - Enroll Now!

Before you know it, August will be here and Fall classes will begin on the 14th.  Enroll now for Fall.  If you took a 1A class in the Spring or Summer, look for a 1B class that suits your schedule.  Students in 1B, check out a 2A class.  Conversation classes can be enrolled in as stand-alone classes or as supplements to the more grammar-based classes.  All 1, 2, 3, 4 level classes are UC/CSU transferable, and the 10 series classes are CSU transferable.  Such a deal!  

Click here for day classes, and here for evening and Saturday classes.  

Summer @ City! Enroll Now!

Summer Session 2013 - Schedule Now Available!

Twenty-nine foreign (29) language classes will be offered this Summer Session, beginning June 10.  Eighteen (18) are at the Ocean (Main) Campus and eleven (11) will be at the Downtown Campus.  There's something for everyone, and students completing a 1A class can jump into a 1B class in the Fall.  Are you travelling later in the summer?  Conversation classes (10 series) can give you a quick language infusion to add a new dimension to your travels, wherever they may take you.  Click here to view the schedule (in pdf format).  Then, apply and register!  Classes fill up quickly, registration begins April 15. 

Friday, February 1, 2013 is the last day to add a class!

Friday, February 1 is the last day to add a class through the regular online add process.  LATE ADDS can be made next week; just ask you instructor to start the process.  If you have not yet added the class you have been attending, or want to add a class last-minute, be sure to do so today online.  If you do not have an add code, call the Foreign Language Department at: 415-239-3000 and speak with the department chair, Tom Blair, or office staff Charles to request an add code.  Hurry!  Don't delay!  

The last advisory placement test for Chinese (Mandarin) for the Fall 2012 semester will be given on Friday, December 7 from 1:00-2:30 in the Arts Building, room 211.  Find out what this placement test is ... and what it isn't, by clicking here.  

Then select the appropriate class and register for your Chinese class for Spring 2013 right away. Classes will be filling up quickly at the Ocean, Downtown and Chinatown campuses!

City College Awaits You with Open Arms, Mind, and Classes. Enroll Now for Spring 2013.

City College awaits!  If you've ever wanted to take that Spanish class, continue your high school French, check out Mandarin, or Japanese, Italian, Russian, Pilipino or ASL, now is the time!  Enroll now! 

Spring 2013 Schedules for Day, Evening/Saturday Classes are Now Available1

Classes begin on January 14 - Register Early!!!  Right Now!!! This way> 
Don't Delay, classes fill up!  

Spring 2013 Day Schedule
Spring 2013 Evening/Saturday Schedule

Bonus!  New Language Classes are at New Locations:

Downtown: Chinese, French, German, Italian, 

Japanese, Russian, Spanish 

Chinatown/North Beach:  Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish             

    

Mission: French, German, Italian & Spanish 

John Adams: Russian, Spanish 

Ocean: American Sign Language (ASL), French, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Pilipino, Spanish

Follow the CCSF Foreign Language Department on Twitter!

Become a follower of the CCSF Foreign Language Department (CCSF_Languages) on Twitter and get registration updates, news on new classes, foreign language resources and show your support! It's as easy as 1, 2, tweet!

Spring 2013: Expanded foreign language course offerings at the Downtown, Mission, Ocean, and Chinatown/North Beach Campuses

Good news for Spring 2013!  There will be expanded offerings of foreign language courses at the ever-popular Downtown Campus, the Mission Campus, the main Ocean Campus, and the brand new Chinatown/North Beach Campus, where (tentatively), Chinese, Japanese and Spanish classes will be offered. Classes will no longer be offered at the Castro Campus (Everett Middle School).  Check back here or go to the Foreign Language Department website toward the end of October for details and class schedules.  

A Message to Students from the Foreign Language Department Chair

There has been a lot of news in the press about City College, but it is important to know that the Foreign Language Department is preparing a full spring class schedule for you to begin mid-January.  That schedule will be online by mid-November and offer you a wide range of classes, many not available at other community colleges.  Fees will remain the same at $46 per unit.  We look forward to having you with us again in the spring semester!

• Are you interested in world cultures and languages?
• Would you like to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, or in the Middle East?
• Is your GPA 3.6 or higher?
• Are you a U.S. citizen?

If you answered yes to the questions above, then you should think about applying for a Boren Scholarship. Maximum scholarship awards are:

• $8,000 for a summer program (special initiative for STEM students only; 8 weeks minimum)
• $10,000 for a semester
• $20,000 for a full academic year

                                   Want to Learn More?

A Boren Awards information session will be held on August 28, 2012 from 12 noon to 1:30 pm

In the Rosenberg Library, Room 301

For more information on the Boren Award, contact Sue Light, Boren Advisor, at laurasue12@sbcglobal.net or Jill Heffron, Study Abroad Coordinator, at jheffron@ccsf.edu or visit www.BorenAwards.org

Open Foreign Language Classes - Just Walk Right In!

Some foreign language classes still have space.  Check the list below for a class that would suit your language needs.  Just walk right in and ask for a code:

Just Walk In and Ask for an Add Code

Class	Day	Time	Campus	Room
Chin 14C         A0015	T	1:30-4:30	Ocean	ARTX 182
French 10B      70012	M	6:15-9:45	CEV	206
German 2         73666	TR	12:00-2:30	Ocean	SCIE 255
German 2A      73667	TR	12:00-2:30	Ocean	SCIE 255
German 2B       73668	TR	12:00-2:30	Ocean	SCIE 255
Italian 1            74084	TR	6:00-8:45	DTN	723
Italian 1A         74085	TR	6:00-8:45	DTN	723
Italian 1B          71602	R	6-9:15	DTN	321
Italian 2A         74088	W	6:30-9:45	DTN	718
Italian 3B          73066	MWF	12:00-1:00	Ocean	ART 212
Italian 10C       72966	M	6:00-9:30	DTN	321
Italian 10D       72967	M	6:00-9:30	DTN	321
Japanese 2B     74089	R	6:15-9:35	Ocean	ART 309
Japanese 10B   73672	TR	12:30-2:00	Ocean	ART 210
Pil 10B 74090	R	4:00-7:00	Ocean	ART 316
Pil 39A 73479	R	4:00-7:00	Ocean	ART 316
Russian 2B       74092	T	6:30-9:50	CEV	206
Russian 22B     74093	T	6:30-9:50	CEV	206
Spanish 10B     70033	T	6:30-9:45	CEV	221
Spanish 10B     70034	T	6:30-9:30	CEV	220
Spanish 10D     72697	R	6:30-9:45	CEV	221
Spanish 31A     74458	T	6:00-9:15	MIC	201

The Foreign Language Department Offers Expanded Fall Schedule - Enroll Now!

A message from the Foreign Language Department Chair, Tom Blair:  

CCSF students, past, present and future:  You may have read and/or heard some incomplete reports about CCSF lately in the media.  Be assured that the Foreign Language Department is operating as normal and will offer an expanded fall schedule of foreign language classes.  Classes will carry credit and be transferable to a 4-year institution as usual. Enrollment is underway now; classes will begin on Wednesday, August 15.  Our experienced language faculty will welcome you back to the courses of your choice in one of the largest foreign language programs in California.